DNR: Walleye stocking records shattered as first year of initiative ends

10:40 AM,
Nov. 20, 2013

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the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Stocking records for large fingerling walleye were shattered Tuesday as the last load of walleye produced in 2013 under the Wisconsin Walleye Initiative was delivered to Smith Lake in Sawyer County. Watch video of that final stocking.

The lake was the 100th water body to receive the 6- to 8-inch walleye, often called large fingerlings or extended growth walleye. In all, 440,481 6- to 8-inch large walleye fingerlings were stocked in Wisconsin in September, October and November.

Watch video of that final stocking and learn more about the Wisconsin Walleye Initiative below. ...